INTRODUCTION
It is my conviction that the founder of the G.’.B.’.G.’. was the greatest and most efficient teacher of this Century in that field of occultism known as Magick’.
( all members of the Order have concurred in this) I make no statement as to the height if his Initiation; only that he was the greatest and most efficient teacher, and upon this alone it seems sufficient to postulate that he had a dispensation.
Now, be it known that being the greatest teacher does not mean a great pedagogue, per se! The head of this Order knew what to teach to get the best and most rapid results, how to teach it and how to get the best response from the neophytes.
All of this is included in this exposition of The Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.’.B.’.G.’.
It is a mistake to evaluate one’s personality against his ability and attainments, but some identification of a person is expected- Here is a brief statement about the head and founder of this Order.
In the outer world his name was C. F. Russell; his magickal name was frater Genesthai. Some further identification is to be had from the book The Great Beast by John Symonds.
Russell was the man who had a tiff with Crowley at the Ab in Cefalu, Italy, about giving up his room. Russell went up on “The Rock” for a magical retirement and had been there sixty hours without food or water- Jane Wolf (called Elizabeth Fox in Symond’s book) took food and water to Russell and brought him down.